Machine for making and treating braids.



P. J. HEALEY & s. R. SHEPPARD. MACHINE FOR MAKING AND TREATING BRAIDS.

v APPL'IGATION FILED MAY17, 1912. 1,098,257, Patented May 26, 1914.

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to provide FRANCIS JEREMiAH HEALEY AND sum N. Y., ASSIG-NORS r0 rmncrs JEREMI EY ROWLAND SHEPPARD, or NEW roan, AH HEALEY, or NEW YORK, N. 1., AND

ALBERT FAURE, OF PARIS, FRANCE, TRUSTEES.

MACHINE FOR MAKING AND TREATING BBAIDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application filed May 17, 1912. Serial No. 698,040.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANCIS JEREMIAH HEALEY and SIDNEY ROWLAND SHEPPARD, subjects of the King of England, residing at the King Edward Hotel, New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making and Treating Braids; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to braid making and treating machines and has for an object a machine in which the braid made may made in a downward direction so that it may be treated at the point of weaving.

A further object is the provision of a device to properly apply the treatment to the braid so that the art ofweaving said braid is not affected.

Further objects will be apparent from the appended claims and following specification, drawings in which,

Figure 1- is a vertical sectional view through a device constructed in accordance to our device, Fig. 2 is a sectional view as on the line 2-2 of'Fig. 1, Fig.3 is a similar view as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. at is a further sectional view as on the line 4-4: of Fig. 1.

In machines of this type it is common to weave braids with the finished product being raised above the bobbins of textile of which the braid is woven but with such a type of apparatus it is impossible to treatthe braid as it is formed so as to make it possible to weave and treat the tape at the same time, this invention reverses the direction of work by feeding the braid downwardly.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, there is shown a bed 10 upon which is mounted a number of spindles 11 which carry the bobbins 12 which construction is similar to the present type of looms. Instead of the strands of textile passing upwardly from the bobbins and being woven into a braid which is then fed upwardly,-

there is shown a cup 13 about the rim of which pass the several strands of textile in be of an' indefinite length and is a downward direction through the reduced neck 14 and after passlng overtherim of this cup, the strands of textile are woven into a tubular brai'd of the common types such as hoseor the like. carried by any means common to the skill of any mechanic and as its mode of being held has no dependence on this application no particular means is shown.

Above the cup '13 is a'container 15 which is provided with. a steam jacket 16 and said container has a redued lower end as at 17. The flaring portion of said container is formed'into a shoulder 18 upon which a disk This cup can be 19 rests, which disk is provided with a plurali ty of passages 20, and said disk may be rigidly secured therein or it may be keyed therein as by the key 21 carried by the wall of the container. A second disk 22 bears upon the disk 19 and this disk is also provided with a plurality of passages which in certain positions of the disk, 22 with respectto the disk 19 coincide with the holes 20 and which when moved from those positions restrict or limit the passage of liquid there-.

through. The disk 22 may be keyed to a needle 23 as at 24: so that any rotary movement imparted to said needle, rotates the disk 22 correspondingly. The needle v23 passes through the container 15, through the reduced end 17 and into the cup.13,to

about the position shown, and said needle is hollow as indicated in the drawings. This needle is provided with a plurality of outlets 25 adjacent the lower end thereof to be hereinafter more fully described and said needle may be suspended from a coupling 26 so that said needle may be rotated to control the movement of the disk 22. The reduced end 17 is sufliciently large as to permit the "passage of liquid hrough the interstice formed by said openingand the needle 23, which follows the needle down to the cup 13 when it accumulates in the bowl portion and saturates the strands of textile as'they pass therethrough. Air is fed through the pipe 27 to the needle 23 and through the outlet 25 so as to force the liquid with which the braid is being treated against the inside of the braid. Pipes 28 and 29 communicate with the steam jacket through which the supply and exhaust pass.

The drawings are for illustrative purposes only and the invention is not limited to the identical form shown in view of the fact that numerous modifications may be made within the scope of this invention.

'Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. In a braid making machine, a cup shaped receiving and forming member, through which strands of textile pass and are woven into a braid, a hollow needle about which said braid is formed, a liquid container disposed above said receiving member so as to feed a liquid into said receiving member and said needle permitting the passage of fluid pressure within said braid to distribute said liquid inside and outside of said braid.

2. In a braid making machine, a receivin and forming member, through which the strands of textile braid, a liquid container disposed above said receiving member so as to feed a liquid into said receiving member, a hollow needle passing downwardly through said container and into the receiving member, said needle having a plurality of outlets adjacent the lower end to permit the passage of air through said needle and distribute the liquid in the tioned pass and are woven into a receiving member inside and outside of the braid woven. 8. In a braid making machine, a receiving and forming member, through which the strands of textile pass and are'woven into a braid, a liquid container disposed above said receiving member so as to feed a liquid into said receiving member, a hollow needle passing downwardly through said container and into the receiving member, said container having a perforated disk secured therein, adjacent the lower end thereof, a second perforated disk rotatable against said disk carried by# said container, said second mendisk being secured to said needle, said needle being of less diameter than the bottom of said container to permit the passage of liquid thereabout and outlets in the lower end of said needle to permit the passage of air therethrough to distribute the liquid in said receiving member over the inside and outside of the woven braid.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses. I

\ FRANCIS JEREMIAH HEALEY. SIDNEY ROWLAND SHEPPARD. Witnesses: to GEORGE L. THoM, HUGO MOCK. 

